skin diving skin-dive | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel |
skin care skincare | care for the skin |
galvanic skin response GSR psychogalvanic response electrodermal response electrical skin response Fere phenomenon Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
hide pelt skin | body covering of a living animal |
thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
artificial skin | a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge, hangs loose or projects freely, he wrote on the flap of the envelope |
flap flaps | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing, used to increase lift or drag |
landing flap | a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing |
pocket flap | a flap that covers the access to a pocket |
skin | an outer surface (usually thin), the skin of an airplane |
skin | a bag serving as a container for liquids, it is made from the hide of an animal |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
transdermal patch skin patch | a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream |
waterskin water skin | a container of skin for holding water |
complexion skin color skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
skin tegument cutis | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch, your skin is the largest organ of your body |
skin graft | a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burn |
skin cell | any of the cells making up the skin |
flap | a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body |
touch sense of touch skin senses touch modality cutaneous senses | the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us |
tactual sensation tactility touch perception skin perceptiveness | the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain |
cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin |
skin test | any test to determine immunity or sensitivity to a disease by introducing small amounts on or into the skin |
tuberculin test tuberculin skin test | a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium, based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin |
skin flick | a pornographic movie |
flap flapping flutter fluttering | the motion made by flapping up and down |
potato skin potato peel potato peelings | crisp fried potato peeling |
peel skin | the rind of a fruit or vegetable |
banana peel banana skin | the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded), he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell |
dermatologist skin doctor | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin |
skin-diver aquanaut | an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder |
thin person skin and bones scrag | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
skin effect | the tendency of high-frequency alternating current to distribute near the surface of a conductor |
skin | a person's skin regarded as their life, he tried to save his skin |
skin disease disease of the skin skin disorder | a disease affecting the skin |
acanthoma skin tumor | a neoplasm originating in the epidermis |
skin cancer | a malignant neoplasm of the skin |
exanthem exanthema skin eruption | eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease |
rash roseola efflorescence skin rash | any red eruption of the skin |
dither pother fuss tizzy flap | an excited state of agitation, he was in a dither, there was a terrible flap about the theft |
animal skin | the outer covering of an animal |
skin over | grow new skin over an injury |
flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
skin pop | inject (drugs) into the skin |
slam flap down | throw violently, He slammed the book on the table |
skin peel pare | strip the skin off, pare apples |
bark skin | remove the bark of a tree |
skin scrape | bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of, The boy skinned his knee when he fell |